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« on: June 01, 2017, 10:12 »
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single photo sell today US$6,352.80 what . loll it impossible


« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2017, 10:35 »
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single photo sell today US$6,352.80 what . loll it impossible

 :o really? any snapshot?

« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2017, 10:41 »
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Can you post a link to that information?

dpimborough

« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2017, 10:59 »
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Wouldn't it be horrible if it were a mistake and they took it back  :'(

« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2017, 12:25 »
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ahah I dont think the cash will stay on my account buy I have my finger cross :)

Chichikov

« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2017, 13:08 »
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Wouldn't it be horrible if it were a mistake and they took it back  :'(

Yes, if they take it back once they have paid and the money has been spent  8)

« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2017, 13:28 »
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Congrats. It's a struggle to believe it but I've had a couple or big (but not unprecedented) sales recently. Maybe they have a new method of upselling. This, however is way beyond unprecedented.

« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2017, 14:03 »
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Nice, I haven't had any big sales in a while so I checked when the last was. One video last July and then some 4.35 last June and before. I have to go back to Feb 2016 for a real bigger sale on SS. (Alamy has taken up some slack, but not enough).

« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2017, 15:17 »
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Nice, congrats!

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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2017, 15:37 »
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in my opinion is an error...what kind of royalty would cover this?
maybe some rm company can sell for this. but rf ?

« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2017, 15:45 »
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in my opinion is an error...what kind of royalty would cover this?
maybe some rm company can sell for this. but rf ?


I was wondering the same thing. How do you even ask for that amount on Shutterstock, or was this some kind of behind the scenes negotiation? Not saying it couldn't or didn't happen, I'm just wondering how.

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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2017, 15:47 »
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in my opinion is an error...what kind of royalty would cover this?
maybe some rm company can sell for this. but rf ?


I was wondering the same thing. How do you even ask for that amount on Shutterstock, or was this some kind of behind the scenes negotiation? Not saying it couldn't or didn't happen, I'm just wondering how.

i don't know..this sum look like some rm sum for usage of some long period with exclusivity..i doubt is true. extended license usage have a limit i think. anyway cross finger for the op.

« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2017, 15:51 »
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Yes that would be one sweet payout if it is for reals!

« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2017, 16:15 »
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the photo is on the single and other sell like on the section of extended licence. cross my finger :)

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« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2017, 16:25 »
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the photo is on the single and other sell like on the section of extended licence. cross my finger :)

cross finger.

« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2017, 18:18 »
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I guess you made payout  ;)

« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2017, 18:39 »
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Perhaps it is some incredibly sensitive use, and they have charged the client accordingly.
Are there people in the photo?


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« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2017, 21:42 »
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That is amazing! Yes, I wonder if there are people in it too ... I opted out of sensitive use.

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« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2017, 21:48 »
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What's really funny is this used to be fairly normal up until about 15 years ago

« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2017, 02:44 »
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What's really funny is this used to be fairly normal up until about 15 years ago

Agreed. Today photos and videos are worth less than working as waiter.

« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2017, 03:15 »
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Congrats :)
« Last Edit: June 02, 2017, 03:28 by PinHead »

Chichikov

« Reply #21 on: June 02, 2017, 03:31 »
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What's really funny is this used to be fairly normal up until about 15 years ago

Agreed. Today photos and videos are worth less than working as waiter.

For this reason we are all working as waiters here

« Reply #22 on: June 02, 2017, 07:47 »
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What's really funny is this used to be fairly normal up until about 15 years ago
Blame technology.
30 years ago if I wanted to print a colour photo in a supplement for the newspaper I edited, I had to send the transparency by ferry to a processor in Inverness and wait a week for the separation to come back. Fortunately we could just cut them into the page negative - but a few years earlier they had been relying on hot-metal, and the blocks after being made on the mainland had to be clamped into the chase frame.
Obviously, very little colour was used back then. Even making the negs for B&W printing took time.  So photos were only used for special occasions and very few will have been bought. Digital not only opened the door to masses of amateur photographers, it was also associated with the development of printing processes that could handle a lot of colour with separations being made automatically and inserted into Quark Xpress, then going directly to an offset plate.
So instead of a few people getting occasional high value sales we now have lots of people getting masses of low value sales. I can understand why the old-time photographers grieve for the loss of the old ways.

« Reply #23 on: June 02, 2017, 09:58 »
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Times change.

In my country (and I assume most other countries) property pricing has increased more than twice as much as the disposable income since 1970.

That means it was much easier to afford a house back then.

It sucks now, but what can you do... Except work harder. Which applies to all changes.

nazlisart

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« Reply #24 on: June 02, 2017, 10:33 »
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Have you checked the whole amount, prior to that sale. In some occasions I've seen the whole amount in my unpaid earnings (Thousands of $$). Usually they correct it after a day or so... Huge turn off...


 

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